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Trump about this. it is, among other things, a matter of not wanting to create more enemies than youre destroying. and if you have indiscriminate civilian casualties, youre going to alienate the very population you hope to win over. for you, im not talking about isis here. im talking about civilians that are caught in the cross fire. so its both a moral obligation to try to avoid civilian casualties as well as a strategic imperative. its not just about some notion of political correctness. that ...

Paris. before leaving, president obama gave a speech in which he framed changing weather patterns in the context of national security. >> if we let the world keep warming as fast as it is, and sea levels rising as fast as they are, and weather patterns keep shifting in more unexpected ways, then before long, we are going to have to devote more and more of our economic and military resources, not to growing opportunity for our people, but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing plan...

Resources not to growing opportunity for our people but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet. this is an economic and security imperative that we have to tackle now. >> senior white house correspondent jim acosta is in paris and nicholas burns, a former u.s. ambassador to nato and current professor of diplomacy and international relations at the harvard kennedy school of government is with me, too. welcome to both of you. jim, i want to start with you. so the president ha...

Nuclear power plant and crackdown on agriculture imports. how big an impact will the sanctions have on countries that have multiple trade ties? >> that is a great point and that is the other side of the coin here. next to germany, turkey is russias second largest trading partner. as far as the turks are concerned, it is a major trading partner. plus, turkey gets 55 percent of the natural gas and 20 percent to 30 james of the oil from the russians. there is an economic imperative here that may fo...

That is part of the problem when you try to bring together this coalition. >> because when the president of the united states says that 65 nation nations are involved in the coalition, and many of the nations may support some refor the cal support for this, but are they doing anything? >> well, sole of the gulf states had a bigger role, and not so much now. and the uae, the united arab emirates is still there, and jordan is still there, and the turkey is playing a role, and allowing the air base...

As far as that goes, im still filing a grievance and i am going to press charges on that man. >> thats your right to follow up. >> ill follow up out there while you do what you have to do in here. ive already talked to him. >> okay. >> its not imperative that we like each other. whats imperative is that we respect each other, respect what everybody has to do. >> exactly. >> we have to understand that. >> yes, we do. >> have a good day. nice meeting you. >> you, too. >> i will speak with the accu...

And the mode of operation seems the same, to plan these from aprod of violent acts perpetrated by jihadists from european countries who are trained using weapons and then sent to our territories in order to perpetrate attacks. of course the investigation is ongoing and it is to the prosecution to inform us on this. now, each of us should understand that it is urgent that europe gather itself, to organize itself and act against these terrorist acts. tomorrow i will be meeting with a high-level of...

>> its interesting when you said to fight this with love. thats important to you? >> its imperative. its imperative that we take this horrific story and learn from it, to appreciate life, to realize that the victims of this tragedy dont get their lives. we get to live and we are incredibly lucky. >> thank you. did you see them clinging to each other? >> yeah, absolutely. >> obviously theyve gone through an horrific ordeal. >> it is a family affair. a brother among extremists is often quite lit...

And russia must push isis out of iraq. >> it is time to push the terrorist out of every hiding. it is time to help the syrian people on the difficult and extraordinary high imperative of rebuildingñi their country. >> reporter: no word on if the u.s. strategy is changinging as a result of the attacks in paris. >> i have heard of calls for more u.s. intervention. >> reporter: you are getting a senior democrat calling on the senate intelligence committee. senator feinstein saying limited air stri...

Terrorists smuggled into france from syria. clearly this is a heart breaking humanitarian imperative at stake. >> i think we need to lead as it relates to taking action in syria and iraq to eradicate isis from the face of the earth. that should be our first and foremost responsibility. as it relates to the reef gees, i think we need to do thorough screening and take a limited number. but ultimately the best way to deal with the refugee crisis is to create safe zones inside of syria so that peopl...